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October 17 in storm history

8 storms in the historical record were active on October 17 — 6 hurricanes, 6 of them major (Category 3+). The strongest was Olaf (2015), a Category 4 hurricane peaking at 130 kt. Data: NOAA HURDAT2 best-track archive (2015–present on this site).

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2020s

Norma (2023) CAT 4 115 kt peak 10-17 → 10-23

Trudy (2026) CAT 3 105 kt peak 10-13 → 10-20

Epsilon (2020) CAT 3 100 kt peak 10-16 → 10-26

2010s

Olaf (2015) CAT 4 130 kt peak 10-15 → 10-28

Nicole (2016) CAT 4 120 kt peak 10-04 → 10-19

Ophelia (2017) CAT 3 100 kt peak 10-06 → 10-17

Nestor (2019) TS 50 kt peak 10-17 → 10-21

Octave (2019) TS 40 kt peak 10-17 → 10-21

Peak winds are lifetime maxima from the NOAA best-track archive, not necessarily the intensity on October 17. Browse all-time records or seasons year by year.